Govt sweats over mineral leakages

GOVERNMENT says mineral leakages are bleeding the country after it emerged that targeted deliveries to the Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) were on the decline.

Mines minister Zhemu Soda said the economy was losing massive potential revenues to the leakages.

“Mineral leakages deprive the government of much-needed revenue from taxes and royalties.

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